But
my voice remained as the automated message on the phone system for almost
6 years!My
voices was apparently removed sometime in May of 2006.I
apologize to those of you who liked to dial 573-876-7800 and talk to me.Now
you will have to talk to me live at 573-442-1873.Call
me anytime, but don't call early, after 10:00 am would be GOOD!

I
worked for the USPSin
Columbia, Missourisince
I began in June of 1965.I
started as a Clerk andbecame
a Letter Carrier in 1966.Beginning
in 1984 I was in charge of Vehicle Operations andwas
a Driver Instructor Examiner from1987
until retirement.Columbia,
Missouri Post Office Webpage from 1997 - 2000

I had
a Motor Route with "The Columbia
Daily Tribune" from November 1, 1967 until Dec 31, 1996, when I drove
myself to the hospital with a heart attack. I always said I would
deliver papers as long as my health held out.

I spent
20 years driving a Volkswagen Beetle, but advanced to a Nissan Pathfinder
the last few years. I still delivered to most of the same area I
started delivering to in 1967.

My route
consisted of delivering The Columbia Daily Tribune, Monday through Friday
in the afternoons after work from the Post Office and in the mornings about
6:30 am on Saturday and Sunday to about 180 customers. I delivered
to the old Rainbow Village Trailer Court, behind Stephens Golf Course off
East Walnut, the Columbia Country Club neighborhood, the area east of Westlakes
down to the Eastwood Motel area and some of the Whitegate Subdivision.

I enjoyed
the route and the money, and miss seeing all my friends on the route, but
now enjoy sleeping late on Saturday and Sunday mornings and and not having
to be @ The Tribune seven days a week!

"CRAZY"
CHARLEYis still my nickname which I started
using in 1977 when I began donating my time to community radio at 89.5
FM-KOPN, doing my oldies show called "Monday Night Live." I also
had a show, for a while called the "Red Neck Round-Up" featuring country
music. Rob (my son), Keith Clark (his friend) and I did shows together
during his days at Jeff Jr High School called "In The Middle" and "Rock
& Roll High School" during their Sophomore year at Hickman High School.
My career at KOPN ended in October of 1984, when community radio decide
I wasn't giving enough of my time.

I
have been a DJ since 1977specializing
in class reunions & wedding receptions.I
can still be persuaded to provide music occasionallyfor
special Kewpies and friends.Give
me a call if I can be of musical helpat
your Reunion,
Wedding
or Party!

You
know a little about your reunion chairman, so there isn't a whole lot for
me to say about that. I do put considerable time into the job, but
have a great time at it. "I do manage to personally
contact almost every classmate at least every 5 years and try to get the
whole group relocated!" Putting a reunion
together would be such a simple task if everyone would let me know when
their address or email address changes. The Class of 1963
webpage contains a list of those I DO NOT
have addresses for and a list of the
deceased
class members. I maintain this entire webpage and I hope you
will derive some enjoyment from it. If you have any information about
members of our class please let me know.e-mail to: charley@kewpie.netI have also put together
a database of all those that have attended Columbia High School & David
H. Hickman High School since it began in 1897. That database now
contains 39,493 Kewpies. If you ever
attended Hickman, please register or if you know someone who might have,
send them to www.kewpie.net, too.

If you
are reading this and have any knowledge of the Internet you have a pretty
good idea what I do with at least part of my time. Aside from the
computer and the Internet I find time to a few other things.

My music
collection consists of thousands of old records (LPs and 45s), cassette
tapes, CDs and mp3s. I have compiled over 80,000 songs,
from my collection, onto hard drive and still do some
limited
DJing for special occasions with "PCDJ"
software instead of CD players or turntables. The range of my collection
is music from the early 1900's through the 2000's, with a main focus on
Elvis
Presley, R & B, Country and Oldies of the 40's through the 80's.

I still
enjoy movies when I have time. My all time favorites are: One
Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, Used Cars, Heaven Can Wait and Sling
Blade. The greatest thing about new movies is listening to them
on DVD in 5 to 1 Surround. If you love old Rock 'N Roll and Digital
Surround, see Roy Orbison's "Black
& White Night." It will knock you out!

Golfing
is one of my outdoor hobbies and if you need to boost your morale you should
call me to play. I am available when it isn't raining and the temperature
is from 65 to 85 degrees.

Karen
Janes and I became engaged on August 3rd, 2000 and were married on September
29th, 2000. We were married at the Christian Church of Lake Ozark,
Missouri. Kerry Presnell performed the ceremony at the outdoor chapel.
We returned home and I DJed the reunion of the "Class
of 1960" Saturday the 30th and I DJed for the "Old Wheels Car
Club" in downtown Columbia on Sunday the 1st of October. We took
a little wedding celebration trip to the "Buddy Holly
Tribute" in Clear Lake, Iowa in February of 2001.

Debbie
Burks & I were engaged until she died. Those of you that made
it to the 1963 Class Reunion in 1998, remember seeing Debbie. She
was the sweet lady that was putting up with "Mr. Kewpie" doing all his
Kewpie Stuff. You guessed it, she was a Kewpie... Class of 1969.
When we found the time away from Kewpie Stuff, we went to movies, played
golf and listened to lots of music, which, you know included... "Elvis"
and visited my children and grandchildren. We enjoyed visiting with
Kewpies from all classes whenever they hit town and had the time to call.....

I was
born in Mexico, Missouri in the Audrain County Hospital early on a Saturday
morning May 12, 1945
the day before Mother's Day, to Clela Elizabeth
Hayes
Blackmore and Taylor Benson Blackmore, while they resided in Martinsburg,
Missouri. My mother was born in Apache, Oklahoma and moved to Wellsville,
Missouri as a young girl. She graduated from the Wellsville High School
in 1931. My dad grew up in the area around Rhineland, Missouri, with
two brothers and two sisters. His parents mostly farmed but his dad
did teach school. But my dad never graduated high school. I
was named after my dad's father, who died in January of 1945. We
moved to Wellsville, Missouri in 1946. My brother Gary Hayes Blackmore
was born on Monday, April 21, 1947. My dad was a M. F. A. Exchange
manager and was transferred to Perry, Missouri in 1948. Eldon, Missouri
was our next home, in late 1949, and in 1950 we moved to Shelbina, Missouri.

I started
elementary school in Shelbina and where I walked almost a mile to school.
Louisiana,
Missouri became our next home, in early 1952, and I finished the 1st
grade at Field Elementary School, in Mrs. Gabriel's class. I again
went back to Field School for the 2nd grade with Mrs. Stevens as my teacher
and had Mrs. Reid for the 3rd grade. I remember the principal, Arnold
Zaeske, actually paddled a boy in front of the whole class in 2nd grade.
We lived in a big red brick duplex on Georgia Street in Louisiana for about
a year and Gerry Green and his family lived in the other side. We
then bought a house on Margaret Drive. Our neighbors were; the Grimmers,
the Malys, the DeVergers, the Doors and the Longs. My 4th grade year
I attended the brand new Meriwether School, which was just north of the
track at the Louisiana
High School. My early school years were a very meaningful time
and I still cherish those old early childhood friends from Louisiana, Missouri.
Ever since I got a driver's license in 1961 I have always enjoyed
going back to Louisiana and visiting those old friends and have done just
that every few years. I put together a 40th Class Reunion for the Louisiana
High School Class of 1963 which was held October 18, 2003. I am now
on the board as a consultant for the Louisiana
High School Alumni & Friends Association.

My dad
was promoted to District Manager with M. F. A.(Missouri
Farmers Association) in 1955 and we moved to Columbia, Missouri.
Our home was 1205 West Broadway at the edge of the west city limits.
My brother and I started school at West
Boulevard Elementary in September of 1955. Our principal was
Wesley Mayhew, a man who, many years ago, my mother had dated. It's A Small
World! My teachers in the 5th grade were Mrs. Richardson and Mrs.
Watson and I had Mrs. Freeland for the 6th grade. Back in those days,
the biggest past time I recall was playing lots of baseball in the yard
and where ever we could find the space.

September
of 1957 through May of 1960 was spent at Jefferson
Junior High School. Mr. Clark, the principal, had served on the
school board while in Montgomery County years ago with my dad. It's
A Small World! I spent my summers mowing yards, playing baseball
and riding my bicycle everywhere on the streets of Columbia. I started
school at David H. Hickman High School in September of 1960 and in February
of 1961 I started work at Ward & Sublett Gulf at the corner of East
Broadway and Business Hwy 63 South. My fondest memories of high school,
other than all my good friends were; Friday assemblies, James
R. Chevalier, Helen
D. Williams,
speech
class, going to all the football and basketball games, seeing the Kewpies
win the State Basketball Championship
in 1962, all the great parties we had and just listening to all the
great music of the late 50's and 60's. I graduated from Hickman
High School on May 28th, 1963, the 67th graduating class from Columbia,
Missouri and the 36th graduating class of Kewpies.

On June
25 of 1963 I got on a Greyhound Bus and headed to Fort
Leonard Wood for basic training for the U. S. Army as did about 15
of my classmates of the Class of 1963. I was at Fort Leonard Wood
for 16 weeks, which included 8 weeks of basic training and 8 weeks of clerk
school. The last week of October I woke up in downtown St. Louis
at the Warwick Hotel at 15th and Spruce and walked to the Mart Building
on 12th to my job as a clerk typist. I drove home to Columbia every
Friday afternoon after dropping my roommate off at Union
Station, and then picked him back up on my return to St. Louis on Sunday
night. John Kennedy was killed the same day I had an appendicitis
attack, Friday
November 22, 1963. I drove home to Columbia and Anne Parker and
my brother checked me into Boone County Hospital Saturday morning.
I stayed in Columbia for 15 days on convalescent leave after my appendectomy,
then returned to St. Louis on December 9, 1963 and was discharged from
active duty on December 24, 1963. Richard Wilson, who had come down
to visit, rode back home with me to Columbia on Christmas Eve.

After
Christmas I went back to work for Ward & Sublett, which now had become
Lake of the Woods Shell. I continued to work for them part time through
1964 and 1965, while I attended two semesters at the University of Missouri.
My career as a student was short lived and on Saturday,
June 5, 1965 I started work as a PTF Clerk for the United States Postal
Service. I was married in May of 1966 and my wife, Susan and I lived
at 22 Walnut Hills Trailer Court in Columbia until after our son, Robert
Shane, a 1986 Kewpie,
was born on September 10, 1968. The next year we bought a house and on
July 1, 1969 we moved to Valley View Gardens and 1708 Iris Drive became
our new home. July 21, 1972, Melissa Jean, a 1990
Kewpie, was born.

From
the early 70's to the mid 80's I served in many different positions; President
of Branch 763 of the NALC, Neighborhood
Association President of Valley View Gardens Subdivision, PTA President
of Fairview Elementary,
city baseball coach, Assistant Scoutmaster and participated as a Mr. Legs
contestant for MDA for three consecutive
years receiving a 2nd, 3rd and finally a 1st place trophy. Beginning
in November of 1977 I started volunteering at KOPN, a non-commercial radio
station in Columbia. I hosted "CRAZY" CHARLEY'S MONDAY NIGHT LIVE
and co-hosted, with my son, Rob and his best friend, Keith Clark, a Jeff
Junior High School show called "In The Middle" and a Hickman High School
show called "Rock And Roll High School." Rob, Keith and I retired
from community radio in August of 1984 after we returned from our
trek at Philmont Scout
Ranch in New Mexico.

In the
late 80's Susan and I divorced and I was married to Gaye Lynn Burton, Class
of 1963, from 1991 until 1997. I lived in
Jefferson
City while Gaye and I were together and sometimes made as many as 10
trips back and forth to Columbia per week. After I had heart bypass
surgery on December 31st of 1996, Gaye and I divorced and I moved back
to Columbia.

I started
dating Debbie Burks in 1997 and we became engaged. Debbie
died of breast cancer May 6, 2000. I began work on
www.kewpie.net
in August of 1998 on a dare Debbie made. I took her dare and I continue
to work on it every day in her memory. "The dare was that I couldn't
find everyone who ever went to Hickman High School."

In addition
to working for the US Postal Service as a Clerk, Carrier, Vehicle Maintenance
Assistant and Driver Instructor Examiner from June of 1965 to August of
2000, I operated a motor route for the Columbia
Daily Tribune from November of 1967 through December of 1996.
I also started DJing as "CRAZY" CHARLEY in September of 1978. I have
retired from ALL FORMS OF WORK, except I can easily be persuaded to do
an occasional DJ job.

Karen
Janes, who I knew back in the 70's when I delivered her mail, and I started
dating after an abrupt closure with Debbie's family after her death.
Karen and I were married on September 29, 2000 and live in southeast
Columbia. Karen and I celebrated our wedding by taking a honeymoon
trip to Clear Lake, Iowa, in
February of 2001, to the "Winter
Dance Party" held annually in memory of Buddy
Holly. We celebrated our first anniversary in Ireland. Karen
broke up my little party at home by retiring, May of 2004. I do some volunteer
DJing, maintain www.kewpie.net,
cut grass, play golf, walk, bike, enjoy my retirement and have five
grandchildren. My job of choice now is being Reunion Chairperson for the Class
of 1963 of Hickman High School and the
Class
of 1963 for Louisiana High School.
As you know, the 45th Reunions were held in October of 2008. The
Kewpie
Reunion was October 3rd - 5th, 2008
in Columbia and the Bulldog
Reunion was canceled due to lack of
interest but the "Annual Alumni Association Reunion" was held October 17th
- 19th, 2008 in Louisiana, Missouri.

Updated September, 2013; I still stay active with the scholarships and the
webpages for www.kewpie.net,
http://kewpie.net/iam/crazy.html,
http://www.kewpie.net/colgrdnclub/cgc.html,
http://www.kewpie.net/daylily/bloom.htm,
www.kewpie.net/piggott/mohawk64.html,
www.kewpie.net/PaxtonKeeley/paxtonkeeley2020.html,
www.kewpie.net/1963.html.
I also do a DJ job every other month at the
ARC for the City of
Columbia for the members of Columbia Adapted Community Recreation. In September of 2011 when my best old
buddy Alan Fugit was a guardian for his father-in-law, Don Dugan on
Central Missouri Honor Flight
#16, I got started taking pictures at the Honor Flight send off and return.
I still take pictures but they now call me an
Honor Flight photographer. I accept the title and enjoy meeting all the
Veterans the real heroes of our country and get to ride on Honor Flight with
them, take their pictures, make them slideshows of their trip as well as provide
the music of their era on their bus ride to and from St. Louis. I have made two
trips to DC and plan to go on Honor Flights #25 & #26 in October and November of
2013. Also I enjoy
entertaining Kewpies of all ages anytime they have the time to stop by
Kewpie Headquarters.... we have
overnight Kewpies as well but I guess our favorite is
Russ Sloan and his
wife Peggy Fisher ('56 & '59 Kewpies). Russ was the assistant coach to
Coach McLeod and Coach Roark
while I was a junior at Hickman High School in
1961-1962. Whenever
Russ is in town we always get together will Russ & Peggy's buddies and ours;
Nancy Ginn and Bob Martin ('57 & '56 Kewpies) usually at Angelo's or Murray's.
Oh in case you are interested Russ and I have a mutual love for the great
Lonnie Donegan
and are hosts of a Facebook Page in memory of Lonnie.

My 50th reunion
was a beast.... the bar was raised for Kewpie reunions.....we raised
$7,430.00 for the Charley Blackmore's Class of '63 Scholarship,
1st three-day reunion held during the week and the 1st ever Kewpie reunion
to have The Krazy Kats, I still can't believe I pulled that off, not a soul
knew a thing except for Karen..... the wall was pushed back at the Courtyard Marriott Oct 9th,
and there were The Krazy Kats, singing "Ol' Time Rock 'N Roll".......on a
very sad note, it was also the last Kewpie reunion to have The Krazy Kats as
they announced their retirement after our reunion to be October 18, 2014 and
Lee passed away before they gave that final performance.

FYI, Karen after having served and still
serving as President of the Columbia Garden Club and the
Central Missouri Daylily Club, she is now Second Vice-President of the
Missouri State
Garden Club. I occasionally get to follow her to these events to do the
programs with pictures she and I have taken on their trips and at their events.
We are now working on a project to get photographs of the seventy + Blue Star Memorials
in the state placed by Garden Clubs in memory of all those who served in the
military.

Updated February 2014; I was
honored to be the Central Missouri Honor Flight photographer on the last four flights of 2013;
(23, 24, 25 & 26) and plan to continue as long as they want me to help and I am
able to do so. This year will mark my 16th year as volunteer DJ for the "Seniors
for Seniors Prom" at Hickman High School. As of 2014 the 'kewpie.net
Scholarship' and the 'Charley Blackmore's Class of '63 Scholarship' are now
endowed for a total of two, $1,000.00 and two $500.00 scholarships will be
awarded annually. Karen is still involved with the Daylily, Iris and Columbia
Garden clubs and is Second Vice President of the State Garden Club, so she will
have a busy 2014. I will be assisting Kewpie classes with their reunions this
year as usual; specifically the classes of 1954, 1959, 1964 and 1974. Karen will
also have a reunion this year; the 50th Reunion of the Piggott Mohawk, Class of
'64.

Updated December 2014;
Oh well, we started off in March attending 'The
Ledendary Piano Play-Off' at Boone County
Historical Society, yep I got a few pics and some video.....also in March I took
some engagement pictures for Rachel Hayden and Chris our dear friends Susan &
Richard Hayden's daughter. Also shot some pictures of Lisa Wayland and her
horse, Nicki Minaj. I still DJ for my pals at the ARC every other month, the
Columbia Community Adapted Recreation
group and in May did a 5-Year in Review slideshow
for them of my five years DJing for them!
Honor Flight #27 was May 13th and I was
again the photographer for the trip, this my last Honor Flight as I couldn't
make #28 on June 9th as Karen & I were on the Annual Garden Club trip to
Mackinac Island. I got to take lots of
pics at the wedding of Rachel and Chris on June 14th and they are expecting this
May. In July we headed to Piggott, Arkansas over the 4th for
Karen's 50th reunion of the '64 Piggott
Mohawks (I got to do slideshows, a memorial and the music IMAGINE THAT...and
take pictures!!!!) and Karen's nephew, Travis (Shannon, Molly & Maggie) hosted
the 1st Annual Aunt Karen 4th of July Fish Fry..... and Karen out shot all comers
when the skeet started to fall!!!!!!! Two
weeks after returning from Piggott we drove to
Panama City Beach, Florida..... and spent
a WHOLE WEEK in the beach house we rented.... just 14 of us.... Karen & me, Rob
and Rachel, Jacob, Hannah, Maggie, Sam, Tuna & Lil, Melissa and Kevin, Tyler &
Zachary.... would have been 18 but Travis, Shannon, Molly and Maggie couldn't
come.... we returned alive, still love each and still talk to each other.....
Man I don't know how the Griswold's did it so many times...!

Karen and I went to
Powell Gardens on Tuesday October
27, 2015 and after walking about a mile and a half in the rain with an umbrella
trying to take pictures, I decided at that moment it was time for a new left
knee! I made an appointment with Dave Hockman of the Columbia Orthopaedic Group
on November 30th and set up knee replacement surgery for February 11th of 2016.
Now I began to worry about a stress test before surgery, since I hadn't had one
for several years and my by-pass surgery was almost 20 years ago.... I
anticipated maybe there would be a problem and then I passed the stress test in
December and had to wait till Feb11th for my surgery date.... it will be 10
weeks tomorrow and tomorrow also is my last day of PT at the new Nifong Boone
Hospital Center.... a great place and great physical therapists; especially
Denice and Robin, love those gals!!!!

On November 11th we had
another Blue Star Memorial
Dedication in Jeff City and I got to take pictures.... Throughout November,
December and January of 2016 I continued to take pictures for my good friend,
Danyale Williams and her girls at Stephens College and Battle High School; the
Stephens Starlets and the
Spartan Sparklers of Battle. Also did the photograhy for the
Women's Symphony League Holiday Home Tour in Columbia again! On January 17th
I won the live auction at "The Last Kewpie Standing." I did dances again for my
good friends at the ARC of the Columbia Recreational Adapted Citizens Group in
November and January.... and five weeks after my knee replacement will a little
help I was back at the ARC on
March 18, 2016. On March 20th I got to take pictures at the
2016 Art In Bloom and the
Columbia Garden Club received another award. April 14th I took my 1st short
trail ride on the new Grindstone trail which runs from Grindstone Park to
Maguire Blvd.... Also in March and April I did some work with my buddy Tom Baker
of Baker HD for a Landmark Bank video, etc. April 16th Karen and I went to
another Blue Star Memorial
Dedication in Moberly MO and again I got to take more pictures! It's April
20, 2016, my little brother will be having his last 60th birthday tomorrow and
you are up to date!

Updated done on August 12, 2017Well last year was full of new and old.....stuff...!
The old being doing the same; DJing and taking lots of pictures and Karen busy
with her hobbies of gardening, Daylily Club, Columbia Garden Club and serving as
Vice President of the Federated Garden Clubs of Missouri.

The main event for May was the unveiling of the new Hickman
High School Mascots, "Mighty Kewp & Mister Kewpie"
and it happened at Tiger Arena at the Graduation Ceremony of the Class of 2016.
Following the Kewpie unveiling another big event, June 23, 2016 my son, Rob and Rachel were
married at Columbia College Chapel and they are now a family of
eight with; Jacob, Sam, Hannah, Maggie, Nicolas and Lilly. And I started this year as the photographer for the Hickman Kewpie Cheer
Team.... got to shoot at all of their events and
football & basketball, pretty fun stuff and then prepared a slideshow at the end
of their school year 2017. Karen & I continued to stay busy throughout the year
and we closed out 2016 with the "Rhine
River Holiday Market Tour" with Viking Cruise
Lines and now we realize that was a mistake.... a brand new ship (less than a
year old and on the fourth day of an 8-day cruise and 12 day vacation of a
lifetime, the ship was shut down and we finished our River Cruise on tour
buses... not what we wanted but when you get on that ship, they are in control!
And so ended another year on somewhat of a sour note, although we did get to
meet our friends John & Marian Elst, who drove in to Amsterdam to see us! What a
hoot a Facebook friend from across the pond and we get have lunch together what
a HooT.... Also concluded our trip in Switzerland with friends Graham & Laurel
Booth from New Zealand.....!

2017 begins another year with 16 years behind us as
Charley & Karen Blackmore.....what about that. February was the month I started
biking again only by selling my recumbent bike and
getting an E-bike, (Elektra
Townie Go! 8i graphite) that's a battery assisted
bike so old guys can get up hills without heart attacks. This year brought back
some old memories of what used to be called 9th Grade Cotillion is now 8th Grade
Cotillion and it had been 30 years since I last DJed for them and this year I
was once again their DJ.....how about that! I almost forgot, my brother Gary
"GB" Blackmore turned 70, wow, to have a brother that old... and if you ever
heard of Central
Missouri Honor Flight, that's where you'll find
GB, a true veteran given his "best" to all veterans, 24/7.....way to go little
brother!

Well in May Karen gets sworn in as State President
for the Federated
Garden Clubs of Missouri, in Hannibal, Missouri
and now the fun begins! In May we took the State Garden Club Bloomin' Bus
Tour to Chicago.... and then drove to
Mooresville, NC for grandson Zachary's high school
graduation! Then in June we drove back to
Richmond, VA for the National Garden Club Convention.... and I drove to
Edinburg, VA to see my old girlfriend Anne Parker Sheetz and her brother Bob (my
classmate) and his wife Andy..... fun, fun, fun! And back home to mowing grass,
taking pictures of Hickman Cheerleaders and an occasional bike ride!

*A big surprise; Kevin Morrison, my son-in-law lost his job at Lowe's in
Mooresville, NC, and WHAT A GREAT THING THAT WAS, this summer they returned to
Missouri, how great is that! Kevin is now with Helzburg Diamonds of North Kansas
City, loving it and is now a Home Depot shopper! They are living in KCMO, Tyler
has moved back to COMO and is a mechanic at Bob McCosh Chevrolet, Buick,
Cadillac, GM and Zachary is going to Northwest Missouri State University in
Maryville!

Right now I await doing a Memorial Program for the
60th Reunion of the Kewpies of the Class of 1957 and Karen will get back from a
short trip to Arkansas with her best buddies LaVerne & Fern, as LaVerne flew in
from Florida to celebrate a *Big" birthday with Karen & Fern...... and life goes
on, Praise the Lord!

August 2017

August 21, we had a great view from
our back yard of the “Great American Eclipse” as dubbed by the news media, a
total solar eclipse. We also made a trip to Northwest Missouri State at
Maryville to help get grandson, Zachary moved in to start college and the end of
August we spent a day at the lake with our dear friends for over 60s yeas Alan &
Diane Fugit.

Karen has continued to stay busy
with being State President of the Garden Club and they continue to add Blue Star
Memorials and added to Gold Star Memorials; the
1st in Lathrop MO
and the 2nd at
the State Capitol.

I continued to take pictures of my
good Kewpie buddies the Hickman Cheerleaders and DJ for my good friends at the
Columbia Adapted Community Recreation at the ARC. The
Kewpie
Cheerleaders won the 1st ever State Championship and Kewpie
Alumni raised the money through kewpie.net to buy them Championship Rings!

After Thanksgiving we started what
turned out to be about a 10-month process of enclosing and our Gazebo, Karen’s
She-Shack. We spent Christmas with family in Columbia early and we’re in Piggott
AR for Christmas eve and Christmas with Karen’s nephew Travis and all his
family…!

2018

We had a house guest, Linda Plott,
’64 Kewpie spent a week with us as she started recovery from her knee
replacement. In March we went to
Art In Bloom in St Louis,
it was certainly a huge show compared to our local Art In Bloom in Columbia.

Throughout the year I continued to
do pictures for the Kewpie Cheerleaders and do my
monthly DJ gig at the ARC.
In May we attended High School Graduations for two of Karen’s great nieces in
Arkansas. In late May the Garden Club’s Bloomin’ Bus Tour went without me this
year…, they toured Kentucky and Ohio. In June Karen attended the Garden Club
National Convention in Philadelphia and went to Panama City, Panama in August to
judge a flower show…Florida and Michigan in September and October for garden
club events, and people say I’m busy?????

If you are a Kewpie, a
Mohawk
or a Bulldog or just remember
either of us, give us a call next time you are in or near "Kewpietown" and stop
by for a visit! We'd love to see you anytime, you're always welcome!!!!

I have been taking pictures at reunions for several years. I also
create slideshows, provide
Memorial
Slideshows for class reunions and produce
Reunion Slideshows of the reunions after they take place.
If you would like some pictures taken at your Kewpie Class Reunion, a slideshow
or memorial, let me know, I'll try to help! Or if you'd just like some pictures
taken..... Call or email....